Go Tell It on the Mountain (album)

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Studio album by The Blind Boys of Alabama
Released	September 16, 2003
Recorded	2003
Studio	Capitol Studio B (Hollywood)
Genre	Gospel music
Length	45:18
Label	Real World, Narada
Producer	John Chelew
The Blind Boys of Alabama chronology
Higher Ground (2002) Go Tell It on the Mountain (2003) There Will Be a Light (2004)

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Go Tell It on the Mountain is a Grammy Award winning Christmas album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Last Month of the Year" – 3:03
2. "I Pray on Christmas" (featuring Solomon Burke) – 3:41
3. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (featuring Tom Waits) – 3:57
4. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Michael Franti) – 3:19
5. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (featuring Chrissie Hynde & Richard Thompson) – 4:49
6. "Joy to the World" (featuring Aaron Neville) – 2:25
7. "Born in Bethlehem" (featuring Mavis Staples) – 6:36
8. "The Christmas Song" (featuring Shelby Lynne) – 2:34
9. "Away in a Manger" (featuring George Clinton & Robert Randolph) – 5:22
10. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) – 2:10
11. "White Christmas" (featuring Les McCann) – 4:03
12. "Silent Night" – 3:19
13. "My Lord, What a Morning" – bonus track

Personnel

The Blind Boys of Alabama

• Bobby Butler
• Clarence Fountain
• George Scott
• Jimmy Carter
• Joey Williams
• Ricky McKinnie
• Tracy Pierce

with:

• Duke Robillard – guitar
• Danny Thompson – double bass
• John Medeski – Hammond B-3 organ
• Michael Jerome – drums

Charts

• 2003 Top Gospel Albums No. 1^[1]
• 2004 Top Internet Albums No. 247

Awards

• 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album^[2]

DVD

A DVD, Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain : Live in New York, was recorded live in concert, in December 2003, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The special holiday concert aired on PBS in December 2004. The band performs with Aaron Neville, John Medeski, Duke Robillard, Chrissie Hynde, Mavis Staples, Michael Franti, Robert Randolph, and Charlie Musselwhite.

References

1. Billboard staff (2003-12-26). "CHART BEAT BONUS". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
2. "46th Annual GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2024-02-07.